Land of Fire.
Konoha.
Ichiraku Ramen.
Anko, Tsukasa, Iruka, Izumo, and Kotetsu are having a dinner at the moment.
"Everyone, let us congratulate Anko and Tsukasa for graduating from the Academy in advance!"
"Cheers!!"
Iruka, Izumo, and Kotetsu held a glass of boiled water and clicked it with Anko and Tsukasa's glass.
"No. It's obviously to celebrate the early graduation of Tsukasa and I. Why are you the one who decide the location of the celebration?" Anko was very dissatisfied and prevented them from hitting her glass, "I want to eat red bean paste!"
"Red bean paste and so on, after graduation, you would be able to eat as much as you want." Iruka said with a smile.
"Is that so?" Anko thought about it, and felt that it was true. Her anger immediately turned into joy, and she smashed her glass with Iruka and the others, and two of the glass at the time.
When Teuchi saw this from the distance, he rubbed his head with helpless expression.
"However, Anko, Tsukasa, are you really ok with graduating early?"
After the excitement, Iruka remembered the situation in the Shinobi World and couldn't help but feeling down again.
"Why do you say that?" Tsukasa asked strangely, holding her Shiramaru.
"Woof woof woof~…"
The little puppy Shiramaru has grown a lot now. If it is standing on the ground, it would reach Tsukasa's knees, with its ears slightly folded, it looks like a little silly but adorable.
"Isn't that obvious at a glance? Although we defeated Land of Wind's Sunagakure, the war with Land of Water's Kirigakure is not over yet. And now, the Land of Earth's Iwagakure and the Land of Lightning's Kumogakure have declared war to us." Izumo said, "I heard that most of the Genin in the village have already gone to battlefield, even some of the teachers in the Academy are no exception."
"Won't you also need to go to the battlefield?"
Anko said indifferently while drinking the ramen soup, "Don't worry, after graduation, we will follow Jōnin Instructor…"
As she spoke, Anko was suddenly stunned.
Now that the situation in Konoha is tense, both Jōnin and Chunin have all gone to the battlefield, and even the Academy's teachers and Genin have been called up, so how can there be Jōnin to guide the training of these graduates?
"It's not good, it's not good…"
Anko turned her head to look at Tsukasa with dazed eyes, "Could it be that us graduates of this year can't get Jōnin Instructor? It's too much!"
Tsukasa chuckled and said: "It doesn't matter. My grandfather is a Jōnin before he retires. He will guide me in my training."
"That's too much…"
Anko pouted as she looked at Tsukasa, and then rolled her eyes, "Tsukasa-chan, can I also train with your grandpa?"
"No."
Tsukasa turned her head to look at the ceiling, "Our Inuzuka Clan's training is completely different your training Anko."
"Please Tsukasa-chan~~" Anko acted coquettishly.
"It's not okay to act coquettishly either."
Tsukasa ordered Shiramaru to block Anko. Seeing that the plastic friendship boat was about to turn over, Iruka stood up and said, "Okay, stop arguing, won't you know if you wait until tomorrow? Maybe there are still Jōnin in the village."
"I hope so." Anko leaned listlessly on Tsukasa.
...
It is night.
Orochimaru's backyard.
The bright moonlight caressed gently on Orochimaru's pale and pretty face. At this time, he was leaning on a wooden pillar in the wooden corridor, looking through the two lists in his hand with the help of the moonlight.
'Inuzuka Tsukasa…'
'Mitarashi Anko…'
'Among the graduates of the Academy this year, there are more than a dozen students who graduated early, but only two of them were in the same grade as Gekkō Kanpū.'
Orochimaru looked at Anko and Tsukasa's information, and finally toss away Tsukasa's information.
It can't be helped.
Tsukasa is from the Inuzuka Clan, and Inuzuka Clan is a Shinobi Clan from Sandaime Hokage's faction. The most important thing is that all Inuzuka Clan's members have dogs!
Orochimaru will be embarrassed if this dog's nose smells something that it shouldn't smell.
"Then, please take care of me in the future, Mitarashi… Anko."
Orochimaru slowly said with a smile.
...
The next morning, the Academy's graduates had already arrived in the class ahead of the schedule, anxiously waiting for Jōnin Instructor to lead them.
But as Iruka and the others guessed, Konoha's front line is tight now, and combat power is in short supply. Apart from Anbu and Root, how can there be any extra Jōnin to be allocated to these graduates?
But after a while, someone finally arrived.
But it's not Jōnin, but… Genin.
Moreover, it's a Genin who has just returned from the frontline and is responsible for logistics supplies!
"Follow me if your name is called!"
Genin, whose faces are full of vicissitudes of life, bloodshot eyes and even wounds on their bodies, have mercilessly led the graduates who had just come out of the ivory tower to go straight to the battlefield, and began the logistics path.
Anko, Tsukasa, and the other early students who graduated early were sitting in a classroom, and after a while, Genin come to take them away in groups of three.
Soon, Tsukasa and two other students were taken away by a Genin from Inuzuka Clan. In the end, only Anko was left in the huge classroom.
Sitting in the empty classroom, Anko was panicking a bit: 'Everyone is in a group of three, so how come I am left alone? I Shouldn't be forgotten, right?!'
Just as Anko was at a loss, a long-haired man with a pale face and golden vertical pupils walked into the classroom.
"Mitarashi Anko."
Orochimaru put his hands in his pockets, "I will be your teacher from now on."
"Hey, wait."
Anko hurriedly sprang up from her seat, "Is it just me? The other teams are all three-person groups!"
"One person is enough." Orochimaru stuck out his long tongue and licked his face.
When Anko saw this, he suddenly took two steps back: 'So disgusting…'
Orochimaru had a mysterious smile in his eyes, and said: "Then, let introduce myself first, I am… Orochimaru."
"I'm Mitarashi Anko, I… Huh? What do you say your name is?"
Anko was startled, thinking that she had heard it wrong.
"Orochimaru." Orochimaru seemed to like the astonishment and surprise on Anko's face.
"The Orochimaru-sama from Konoha's Sannin?!"
Anko almost jumped up, "You didn't lie to me, right? Are you really Orochimaru-sama?! Not just having the same name? Why is my Jōnin Instructor the legendary Sannin? Am I dreaming?"
"Follow me." After Orochimaru watched for a while, he felt a little bored again, so he turned around and walked out of the classroom.
Anko hurriedly followed him out: "Hey, wait for me, Orochimaru-sama, no, it's Orochimaru-sensei!!!"
...
The rooftop of the teaching building.
Hiruzen and Danzō leaned on the railing and watched the graduates drifting away from the training ground, with different expressions.
After a while passed, Danzō slowly spoke: "Hiruzen, how is the alliance with Sunagakure?"
When the news that Sunagakure's Yondaime Kazekage, Rasa, brought an army and entered the Land of Rain reached Konoha, Hiruzen understood what they were planning.
One, let Konoha reduce the compensation of the defeated country, and two, make an alliance with Konoha to defeat Land of Earth and transfer the compensation to Iwagakure!
If Konoha doesn't do this, then Sunagakure is likely to go to war with the Land of Fire again!
When the time comes, Konoha is really going have a one against four war!
"In the current situation, we can only form an alliance with Sunagakure." Hiruzen said.
Danzō narrowed his eyes slightly, and suggested: "Even if we form an alliance, we must prevent Sunagakure from betraying us. I suggest sending Sannin-level combat power to the Land of Rain, Orochimaru…"
"No need!"
Hiruzen decisively shook his head, and said with a smile, "There is Minato in the Land of Rain, so there's no need to worry."
"Is it Jiraiya's disciple, Namikaze Minato?"
Danzō frowned slightly and he has a suspicious look on his face, 'He has Sannin-level combat power?'
Looking at the expression on Danzō's face, a mysterious smile appeared at the corner of Hiruzen's mouth, then he slowly took out a scroll and handed it over to Danzō.
"This is?" Danzō took it suspiciously.
"It's the information that just came back from the frontline. Danzō, go back and look at it again, don't lose your temper, hahaha."
With the loud laughter, Hiruzen happily jumped down from the rooftop.